7arka حركة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“7arka” (حركة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning movement (political, social).
Meanings
- movement (political, social)
- movement, gesture
- move, maneuver, trick
Usage
7arka means a movement in the physical sense ("ma ta3melch 7arka", don't move) as well as in the political or social sense, for a party or activist movement. In colloquial speech, the word also means a "move" or "maneuver": "3mal 7arka" means to pull a stunt or play a trick. The sense is sometimes admiring ("7arka behya", well played), sometimes pejorative ("7arka msatta"). The word is also used for the liveliness of a place: "famma 7arka fel blad" means the neighborhood is lively.
Example
فيلم باش يعطيوا مصداقية لال حركة .
film bech yaatiou mesdakia lel haraka .
“A film to give credibility to the movement.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7arka” but also “harka”, “haraka”, “7araka”, “7arke” and “7arkah”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find حركة and حركه, all the same word.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “7arka” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “movement, gesture”; “action, initiative”: 7araka in Moroccan.
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “movement, gesture”; “action, move, trick”: harka in Algerian.